"Brother, it's the Cao family who can't stand you."

Cao Ang said earnestly before Xu Zhen left.

Xu Zhen stopped and glanced back slightly, he didn't sigh, and he didn't have anything to let go, he just said in a very flat tone: "I'm not sorry for me, don't worry about my." ”

"I am the state pastor, and I am the people."

"It's the duty, I've been on my lips for eight years, I'm just doing my duty, I have what I have, and I have a clear conscience, but when the world is undecided, you start to fight so much, worrying about the future, what are you afraid of?"

"The lord used to joke, saying that Xun Yu is my son's room, and that Xu Zhen is my Han Xin, does the general of the Cao family really treat me as Han Xin?"

Cao Ang's body shook and he couldn't speak.

"Han Xin, the king of Qi, was punished and degraded as the Marquis of Huaiyin, he summoned the old department to rebel, and was deceived into going to the imperial city to be executed, in fact, no one in the old department would oppose him, Gaozu once told him that the world is stable, who will rebel again."

"The people are fed up with the suffering of war, and they have finally found peace, who doesn't want to live a peaceful life for a few years."

"Let's not run around to earn land to rob, but to feed the people," Xu Zhen paused, turned his head to look at Cao Ang with a smile, and said: "Zixuan, go back and take a look at the military camps in various places, there must be enough grain in many military camps, outside of Xudu, there are 1.3 million stone grain stored in Taicang, if you are the king, what will happen?" Maybe this is an exam question that your father gave you. ”

"Born as the son of a male lord, you should not think about it later, you should have learned how to make decisions."

"That's it, it's time for you to become a teacher."

After Xu Zhen said this, he immediately walked out of the door and quickly turned out of the corridor, leaving Cao Ang's mind unsettled for a long time.

……

Xu Du.

Cao Ang returned from Jizhou, he had already gone to Yecheng to see it first, Cao Renjun ate and drank well, the pig meat was abundant and the grain and grass were full, not to mention the military pension, even enough to eat for three years.

He didn't count them, but he roughly estimated that there were 300,000 stones, and he was still collecting the food garrison of the people of Yecheng.

The people of Yecheng have never had any complaints because of the name of Jizhou Mu Xu Zhenqing, but because of this, the people have migrated more, and the displaced people have moved to the Qinghe.

Except for those who have deep family roots and dare not easily stay away from their homeland, almost all of them go to Yangping and Qinghe County.

If it is not good, it will also go to Changshan and Zhongshan.

Of course, it is also the county guard, and now there is no king surnamed Liu still alive, and these feudal states have not been changed back to the county, and they are still ready to wait for the Son of Heaven to decide.

Cao Ang returned to Xudu and went to the barracks as soon as possible.

Cao Hong's Yingshui camp, there are 50,000 people stationed, this is his subordinate, since Shouchun attacked Yuan Shu after heavy casualties, until now has been expanding the army and growing, along the Yellow River tributaries down Yingshui because it is the foot of the Son of Heaven, these years Cao's soldiers and horses have won successive battles, so they are famous, raise the people and grow, and slowly accumulate a large number of military strength.

It is also more precious, there have not been many wars in Xu over the years, and there have been some merits when the official crossing, but most of them follow the actions of the Chinese army, Cao Hong's ability to lead the army is certainly not weak, but Cao Ang knows in his heart that they have always been a little jealous.

When I first arrived in the camp, it happened to be when the sun was about to set in the afternoon, and the patrol duty in the Yingshui camp was not loose, and 500 people arranged to go out on patrol, divided into eight teams to guard four directions, and two shifts fell.

But in the camp of the general's school, it is cooking sheep and slaughtering pigs, cutting meat and sharing food, hoarding wine and delicacies all over the camp and full of warehouses, laughter and laughter, the main general Cao Hong is even more banqueting his subordinates, and the feast is spread out and filled with the main tent camp.

When Cao Ang arrived at the door, he heard the sound of shouting and drinking, so his steps quickened slightly, opened the door tent and stepped directly into it, and found that Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen, Yu Ban, Xu Huang and several generals were also here.

As soon as Cao Hong looked up and saw Cao Ang, he immediately raised his hand to say hello, his face was quite enthusiastic, and the corners of his mouth rose and said, "Eh, Ziyu, it's just right!" ”

"Come on, come on, just kill an 800 pounds of fat pigs, cut the meat and eat it in a mixed pot, with our century-old wine of the country, I'm going to get drunk tonight."

"General Zilian, I just came back from Jizhou." Cao Ang's attitude was quite cold, his hands behind his back were calm, and he never laughed with them.

Cao Hong was stunned for a moment, and didn't react to why Cao Ang was in such a tone, he glanced left and right a few times, and then took a sip of wine too much, and then said strangely: "Zixuan, what's wrong with you?" What's going on? ”

"What's wrong with coming back from Jizhou? Could it be that Xu Zhen refuses to give you the military equipment? If you don't give it, forget it, sooner or later he will have to share it, he is half of the Cao family's generals, and the martial arts under his command are all Hanchen, do you really plan to hide for a lifetime, come on, come on, Zi Yu hurry up and take a seat! ”

Cao Hongle gave up the throne hehehe, and wanted to let this eldest son and nephew sit on the table, after all, the future is to inherit the great cause, although they are clan relatives, they dare not be disrespectful.

Cao Ang sighed in a deep voice and said solemnly: "I came back from Jizhou, the people in Jizhou were emptied of money and food by Yuan Shao, and the civilians everywhere could only receive porridge and steamed buns, and they could live every day. ”

"So, what does this have to do with us?" Cao Hong blinked, his face dazed, "Shouldn't this be something Xu Zhen is worried about?" If he can't be the pastor of Jizhou, then he will be replaced, and the hearts of the people in Jizhou will be lost? The people are scolding Xu Zhen for being incompetent? ”

"General Zilian, the granary of the Yingshui camp is overflowing, and then the Son of Heaven will issue an edict to transfer 60,000 stone of grain to the warehouse to prevent famine among the hungry people."

Cao Ang said bluntly.

"Why!?" Cao Hong immediately slapped the table and stood up with a shocked face, "My soldiers and horses also want to eat food!" Ziyu, you can't turn your elbows outward and face Xu Zhen! He has 90,000 soldiers and horses for food, don't I want it? ”

"He has the ability to play the Son of Heaven to ask for grain, and transfer it from Taicang, why, he doesn't dare to ask the court for it, let you support him, right?!"

Cao Ang didn't answer, and after being silent for a while, he still said bluntly: "Sixty thousand stones, it will definitely not hurt the muscles and bones, Uncle Zilian will take it out himself." ”

"After the autumn harvest next year, it will be distributed again."

"This is not a request," Cao Ang glared at him back, making Cao Hong's cheeks bulge suddenly, but he didn't dare to fight back, because he knew in his heart that Cao Ang had said this, and he was going to Shangshutai to give an order.

Allocate the grain to Jizhou, Yingshui Daying got 200,000 stone at that time, and gave 100,000 to Puyang, Dongjun, and the rest was enough to eat for a year, and there was no need to worry about the lack of food, and you could eat it every day.

And just like that, you can even make a surplus.

As for the military salary, it can be paid at any time, so that the morale of the soldiers under his command will be high, which will help him charge into battle in the future and make meritorious contributions to him.

These brothers in the army, who are not from a bitter background, begged for a head, and now Xu Zhen has surrendered 160,000 people, and the food originally given to the brothers will be divided to him.

Why! He governs me, and I don't have to govern.

Thinking of this, Cao Hong couldn't stand it anymore, and immediately muttered, "Let him go from a white Ding to now famous in the world, which is already a great kindness, if he doesn't come to kowtow to the Cao family, forget it, he has to eat more and occupy more outside." ”

"Over the years, the armament is his most sophisticated, and there has never been a shortage of food, and he has the most credit, and now he has 6,000 marquis, and our Cao family has only produced a few princes, alas, the great credit is to give an outsider to eat so much."

"Xu Zhen is not a vegetarian, if he is really a person who knows how to be grateful, he would have been relieved and returned to the field by now, turned around, and put down the power in his hand, the eldest brother gave him Jizhou Mu, and he really wants to make political achievements to make the people love?"

"Okay, Uncle Zilian," Cao Ang raised his hand to stop, but Cao Hong seemed to be still unsatisfied, and opened his mouth several times and closed it, this is the opinion of many generals about Xu Zhen, after so many years of accumulation, it slowly changed from jealousy to hatred and fear.

He won the essence of tactics in the battle of Jizhou, and cooperated with the lord Cao Cao to beat Yuan Shao into a dilemma, and finally the army was defeated and died in Youzhou.

From this point of view, Xu Zhen is not a general, but a person who cooperates with Cao Cao, and the rest of the generals are invisibly one level lower.

thought that a few years ago, Xu Zhen saw that General Cao still needed to rely on him, and now he was actually above them, and he went to be a pastor in Jizhou.

Based on such circumstances, he is the Jizhou Mu who is willing to help, and he wants to give Xu Zhen a dismount, and he is struggling without the Cao family!

This relationship is felt that he can't give up, he has to rely on the Cao family, but today, it was Cao Ang who personally came to coerce him to hand over the grain to Jizhou.

Even the lord didn't speak, just sat and watched the fight.

Cao Ang's tone became more and more displeased, and he said in a deep voice: "Our army needs Sutie armaments to increase the combat power of the tiger and leopard cavalry, so we must let the people of Jizhou eat enough and live a prosperous life." ”

"Brother Bowen traded between the north and the south, ran several times, in exchange for food, five baht money, and settled millions of people, and still needed a lot of food, not because he was incompetent, but because he was extremely demanding."

Cao Ang saw with his own eyes that although the people of Jizhou did not eat well, they would definitely not starve, this was arranged by Xu Zhen a long time ago, and what he had to do now was to improve.

Meat minced meat and vegetables were introduced into Jizhou, and grain and grass were added to feed the people, sergeants and war horses, and the quality was gradually improved.

Although Cao Ang doesn't know why he has to be so stubborn, he has to say that Jizhou now has the ability to hoard strange goods, and other states and counties do have a demand for selling them, so with this, they have the capital to talk.

"Understood."

Cao Hong shook his head, very unconvinced.

In his opinion, if the stalemate continues, Xu Zhen can't bear it and will have to speak sooner or later, what is there to be afraid of.

Young man, I really can't hold my breath.

Cao Hong scolded a little in his heart.

Nodding his head and agreeing, this meal of wine almost became stuffy wine, there was no way, one thing fell one thing.

Cao Ang came to scold him personally, if disobedience is equivalent to not listening to the prime minister's words, I am afraid that the next days will not be easy.

……

Cao Ang concocted the same method, walked several camps, and informed the clan general of the news in advance, and each uncle said it again, everyone didn't know whether it was okay or not, but they all reluctantly expressed their support.

Next, Cao Ang went straight back to Zhonglang General's Mansion, invited Xun Yu to the mansion, displayed the feelings of the people of Jizhou on the book, and personally invited Xun Yu and Zhong Xuan to come over to the mansion to discuss.

"What does Ling Jun think? 300,000 stone grain, each battalion allocated a total of 240,000, 60,000 from the treasury, transported to Jizhou, for disaster prevention and benefit, to stabilize the people of Jizhou, this move should be a great public, so that the people of the world know that the Son of Heaven is making up for the crimes committed by the Yuan family back then. ”

Xun Yu heard this, and after reading the Chen Qing recital, his face changed many times, and finally asked in a low voice: "This matter, but the prime minister agrees?" ”

"No," Cao Ang shook his head, "This is the common situation, the people of Jizhou have suffered from the war and have not been appeased, it has always been Xuzhou Mu Xu Bowen who opened a warehouse to release grain, benevolent government to the people, and the first soldier has never hidden selfishness, the emperor of the Han Dynasty is still alive, and Weide exists in the world, of course, you can't just let Xu Bowen get his name." ”

Xun Yu nodded thoughtfully, "The eldest prince is benevolent, what he said is extremely true, then immediately report to the prime minister, and then play the edict of the Son of Heaven, it is not difficult to allocate 60,000 stone of grain from the treasury, and the son's ability to suppress the public opinion and do such a benevolent thing is impressive." ”

When he said this, he bowed deeply, and when he got up again, he looked at Cao Ang's eyes with much more relief.

"Xun Lingjun praised it falsely, no matter who is the state pastor in the state, he is the minister of the Han family, and he belongs to the land of the Son of Heaven, and Ang is just seeking peace for the people, and he is not selfish, as for this so-called public opinion, no one disagrees, it is just a private chat."

"Well, yes, yes, what the eldest prince said is that he is lying to him."

Xun Yu smiled bitterly, his heart became more and more peaceful, Cao Ang was talented, kind-hearted, and both civil and military.

has followed the side of Prime Minister and Xu Bowen for many years, experienced countless wars of all sizes, was born and died several times, his will is as strong as iron, his mind is as careful as hair, and he can treat people with dignity and manage politics in person.

If you have a rigid style in handling political affairs and can tolerate differences, you will inevitably be a master in the future.

Xu Bowen bet on Cao Ang for the future, and it seems that he was right.

Xun Yu has long heard that Xu Zhen has never saved money and grain in Jizhou, according to his kind of distribution method, the people are well fed and properly dressed, and the houses can shelter from the wind and rain, but it is obtained at a cost of huge sums of money from the state capital, and this speed will definitely be spent in a few months, and then you can only tighten your belts and use military salaries and military funds.

Even if Xu Zhen's charm is big enough and he has a very high prestige and reputation in the army, it will damage morale.

When Xun Yu and Zhong Xuan came out of the main hall, the two walked relatively slowly, and Cao Ang's facial features were very large, and if they walked slowly, there was a distance in the front yard to chat.

And there was no one around, only a few guards, to be more leisurely and elegant, Zhong Miao took the lead in laughing and said, "That's right." ”

"That Jizhou paper, can also circulate to Xudu, I can buy more, to buy Tingwei money, don't you know, recently Yang Taiwei wrote calligraphy, using Jizhou paper, his son sent him three cars back."

"I'm so envious that I can only come to the door to ask for it."

"The eldest prince went to Jizhou this time, and it seems that he has changed a lot, and he is more tolerant."

Zhong Xuan's smile stiffened a little for a moment, and he leaned closer and asked, "Does this tolerance refer to people with foreign surnames who control power?" ”

"Yes."

Xun Yu nodded immediately, "If I am to the prime minister, this is the case, whenever the prime minister goes out to fight, he is willing to hand over all the family resources to me, as if he were his own brother." ”

Zhong Xuan suddenly twisted his beard, and his mind moved.

Dark Dao: That's because, at that time, the family didn't have much money, so I could give it with confidence.

How can you really give it now?

For example, the land of Jizhou, how important and fertile, when it is prosperous, it will definitely not worry about giving it to people with foreign surnames, of course, you have to hold it in your own hands.

By that time, Bowen's years of hard work and hard work in governing could be described as painstaking, and he didn't make wedding dresses for others.

(End of chapter)